Under-fire Bahrain to present rights report to UN

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MANAMA (AFP) — Bahrain, under fire from opposition activists over alleged abuses, said Tuesday it will present a report on the human rights situation in the country to the United Nations next month.

"The government report will be presented before February 25 ... The working team is currently sounding out the views of (concerned) associations and individuals too," Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar al-Baharna told AFP.

"We will identify problems as well as human rights legislation, and we will propose solutions to the challenges we face," he said, adding that local human rights groups would be briefed on the report.

Baharna said the report would cover recent bloody streets battles between protesters and police which have drawn accusations of rights...